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To: MeDroogies who wrote (11716)	9/14/1999 9:49:00 AM
From: Paul van Wijk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19079

MeDroogies, I agree with you on the cash-thing. Although Compaq (and IBM a decade ago) also has or had a very fat wallet. About the brand-name. You are right but when Microsoft loses momentum it is possible the brandname will turn against them. Nobody likes to bet on a losing horse. It is not sexy to have a Compaq these days. The I-Macs or a Dell are sexy. Another (non)-argument. First there was the term Japan-bashing because everyone was convinced the Japanese would buy America. A few quarters later the Nikkei collapsed and is still reco- vering. Don't look at their chart, it's horrible. We already had the Microsoft-bashing. So what will be next? But again, it's a non-argument. By the way, it's kind of funny. For ten years Microsoft bought every new technology because Bill was paranoia and afraid to lose his monopoly-position. But now we know that it had been a better idea to listen to Larry's vision 3 to 4 years ago. And the vision was FREE! But is worth billions of dollar! With regards, Paul